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Established franchise opportunity for sale
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PROFILE
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National
Schoolwear Centres
An established retail
franchise
Are you looking for a retail or management
franchise to invest in? East Sussex
A National Schoolwear Centres franchise based in
East Sussex has now become available. This is a
Paul Carr, Jim’s Mowing Co-Director
great opportunity for you to invest in an established
& Norfolk Regional Franchisor
franchise with a strong brand name and proven
demand for their products.
AN accountant of more than 25 years, when
Paul Carr stumbled upon an opportunity to
Operating in a niche market benefits of investing in trade in his high-flying financial career for a
this franchise include:
Selling price £160k
shiny green 15 horse powered ride-on lawn
mower and an investment in an internationally
•Established in 1999
plus stock
established franchise, he couldn’t get his pen
•It can be run either as an owner operator or
out fast enough. He’s now the Co-Director
management franchise
•Existing school contracts guaranteeing sales
and Regional Franchisor of Norfolk for one of
•Stock is not seasonal - school uniforms rarely
Further information:
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Jim’s Mowing.
•Growing profitability
David Paulson
Having held senior financial roles with
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companies such as Warranty Holdings, Warner
If you have the drive, sales & marketing skills this Bros., Burberry, Hermes and Willis, it was no
already profitable franchise has the scope to grow
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small decision to throw in his well-established,
bigger. Please contact us today for more information.
davidp@fdsltd.com upper-bracket-earning career and relocate his
family from London to Norfolk.
“My accountancy friends thought I was
quite mad at the time - many of them still do -
Auditel’s academy award winners
but I saw it as a lifestyle choice as much as an
investment decision. I wanted to spend more
FRANCHISED cost and purchase management consultancy network Auditel has time with my family and frankly I was just a
announced the success of its Auditel Academy initiative after its first year. At the bit bored doing the same type of work. Jim’s
beginning of last year Auditel’s General Manager Laura Harvey-Smith formed offered such a strong investment prospectus
initiative and those who volunteered were set a target of signing £1 million of that my decision to purchase a franchise was
expenditure of business costs by the end of the year. made quite quickly. I was only the second
There initiative has produced monthly teleconferences where members share franchisee to sign in the UK and within five
ideas, experiences and statistics to help and support each other achieving the end months I became a Regional Franchisor.
goal. Many achieved their targets and two actually exceeded the magic number. “With my business background, I’ve now
Buckingham-based Gill Gibbon who joined the network in 2003 signed up £1.8 taken on the role of Co-director for Jim’s
million. Gill reveals: “I worked with a mammoth number of 50 clients in mixed Mowing nationally, together with my partner
activities including a charity, housing associations, manufacturers and a service Richard Harrison. One of the best parts about
provider. The average savings across the board were in excess of 20 per cent.” starting your own Jim’s franchise is the
Suffolk-based Daryn Dodge, who joined in 2001, achieved almost £1.1 million. amount of support you get all the way through
Daryn enthuses: “I worked with a whole range of organisations as well. Finance in running your business - if you need it. One
houses, solicitors, couriers, business advisors, charities, leisure centres, retailers and of the company’s USPs is its Work Availability
even a holiday park. We covered a huge range of services not only our key sectors Guarantee to franchisees so running out of
of communications, energy and waste management but a further dozen or so of work is not even a consideration and the
facilities management expenses - last but not least, even the choice of uniforms for margin for growth is as big as you want it
the courier company.” Daryn too reports remarkable savings for his clients including to be.”
up to 58 per cent for one client on electricity, 30 per cent on fixed lines and 25 per Further details turn to page 27
cent on mobiles.
Further details call 0118 974 5115
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